Road-bed equipment.



vNo. 806,151. yPATLNTHD jams, 1905. J. D. KN-BBDLER.

Y ROAD BBD EQUIPMENT..

APPLICATION TLBD SEPT. 20| 1905.

UNITED STIIAHBES JOHN DEIIM KNEEDLER, O E sIOUx OITY, IOWA.

ROAD-BED lEQUIPMENT..A

Specification of LettersTatent;

Patented nec. 5, 1905.

p Application-filed September 20,1905. Serial No. 279,343. l

To all whom it may concern/L;A

Be it known that I, JOHN DEAM KNEED- LER, a citizen ofthe United,A States, residing at Sioux City, in the Vcounty of Woodbury and State of Iowa, have invented certain.

new and useful Improvements in Road-Bed Equipment; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionv ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsQ to make and use the same.

- My invention relates to road-beds for railways and to means for securing ties thereto; g and 1t 1s more partlcularly an Improvement upon devices described and claimed by me in .f Patent No. 795,622, granted to me on July The object of the invention is to provide a road-bed formed of a plurality of supportingblocks formed of cement or other likel material suitably reinforced. f

Astill further object is -to provide means for securely fastening the rail-engaging plates to the-tie, said vfastening means being prevented from working through the artificial-stone supporting-blocks and serving to hold the tie against longitudinal movement upon said blocks.

With the above and otheriobjects in view ythe invention consists of certain novel features of coistruction and combination of plarts, the preferred form whereof will be ereinafter more clearly described, and point- A ed out in the claims. Y

In the accompanying drawings I have shown thepreferred form of my invention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of one of the blocks constituting my improved road-bed, a portion of a tie and a rail being shown secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the block, showing the reinforcing device embedded therein; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of one ofthe railn engaging plates.

Referring to the figures by numeralsl of referenoe, 1 is a supporting-block formed of cement or other like material, the same being preferably oblong in form and having'rectangular extensions 2 projecting from the centers of opposite sides thereof. The block 1, as well as its lateral extension 2, has channels 3 formed longitudinally in the bottom faces thereof, and the channels of the extensions and block communicate and have converging Walls. Embedded withiny the block I and itsl extensions 2 are reinforcing-rods 4, formed of metal, preferably providedv with retaining-barbs 5. .Any desired number of these reinforcing-rods maybe utilized, and

they can be dis osed in any preferred relation'- to each ot er. They extend throughout the lengthand width of the block and its extensions and maintain equal strength in all ,parts of the block and prevent it from cracking through the action of frost or the -pounding of car-wheels.

A groove 7 'is formed lon itudinally'within the' upper face ofthe bloc 1 and is adapted to receive one end of a metallic tie 8, which is preferably formed of a strip of metal. The upper surfaceof' this tie lies flush with the upper surface of the block 1, and the Vrail 9 is adapted to rest thereon and upon the block and its extensions 2. The rail is held in place by means of clamping-plates 10, which iit snugly against the web and the baseflanges Ajof the rail and are fastened thereon by means of a bolt 11, which extends through nuts the plate 17 is drawn tightly against the lower surface of block 1, While the tongues 13 of clamping-plate 10, as well as the tie 8, are firmly'secured upon the upperportion of the block by the same means.

In `constructing a road-bed with devices such as herein described the blocks 1 are'I disposed at desired intervals, and soil is tamped around them and within channels 3, so that said blocks will be securely held a ainst displacement.' The ties 8 are then p aced within the grooves 7 and upon bolts 16, and after the rail has beeny properly located the clamping-plates l() are bolted thereon and. placed in engagement with the bolts 16. Said vbolts are then tightened by means of their nuts 19, and all parts of the device will be securely fastened together. The slots 12 in the clamping-plates allow for the expansion and contraction of the rails. The reinforcing-plates 17 constitute a durable IOO IIO

cial stone and having intersecting channelsy in one face, metallic reinforcing-rods embedded Within the block and dis osed at right angles to each other, said rods aving proj ections thereon, and a tie-receiving roove disposed longitudinally Within one ace of the block.

2. The combination With an artificial-stone lsupporting-block having a channeled groove 1n one face thereof; of a tie set in one face thereof and flush With the surface of `the block, a reinforcing-plate contacting with the opposite face of the block, a tie-securing device extending through the plate and block and seated at one end uponthe plate.

3. The combination With an artificial-stone supporting-block having intersecting channels in one face and a groove in its opposite face; of a tie set in the groove and flush with the surface of the block, a reinforcing-plate Within one of the channels, rail-clamping plates upon the tie, and securing devices extending through the reinforcing-plate, the block, tie and clamping-plates and bearing one end upon the reinforcing-plate.

4. The combination With an artificial-stone block having lateral extensions, said extensions and block being provided with intersecting channels and a groove Within the block; of a tie seated Within the groove and flush with the block, a reinforcing-plate within the channel in the block, rail-clamping plates mounted upon the tie and adapted to secure the rail upon the block and its extensions, and securing devices extending through the block and tie and `through the reinforcing and clamping plates said devices bearing upon the clamping-plate.

5. A device of the character described comprising an artificial-stone supporting-block having reinforcing-rods embedded therein and provided With extensions, said block having a channel and a groove in opposite faces, a reinforcing-plate Within the c iannel, a tie Within the groove, and securing devices extending through the block and tie and engaging and adapted to bear u on the plate.

6. A device of the character escribed comprising an artificial-stone supporting-block having metallic reinforcing-rods embedded therein and a channel and groove in o )posite faces, a reinforcing-plate Within the c iannel and headed bolts extending through the plate and block and extending into the groove, the heads of said bolts bearing upon the plate and the opposite ends of the bolt adapted to engage a tie Within the groove.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN DEAM KNEEDLER. Witnesses:

Mrs. C. E. ELLIS, FRANK M. OAKEs. 

